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afte r four rounds of racing. jerry Harman had
15; Este lle , Aaron Hes me r, Hey e an d Rob
Dixon we re tied on 14; and Hollenbeck had 13.
Heye , Hes me r and Dixon were all in t he
same heat in the finaJ roun d, so something had
to give . He ye came a rou nd t he o ut side of
Hesmer and grabbed t he lead when he be at
him to the inside line at turn three and held on
for the win. while behind them, Dixon slid off
and out of co ntention .
There wa s mo re d rama in the next he at
when Holle nbe ck lace d orr with Harman and
got the win he needed to keep his hopes alive.
Este lle t he n wo n his race to join Heye an d
Harman on 18 points and in the final. That left
Hesmer and Hollenbe ck tied on 17 points, with
the tie breaker being the result when they met
during the program . This was the race in w hich
Hollenbeck got his first win, so he was in, and
the unfortunate Hesmer left to ponder his fate
on the sidelines.
In the main event, Estelle had the pole, with
Hollenbeck in tw o, Heye in three and Harman
on the outside . Whe n t he tapes went up, both
Heye and Hollen be ck got the jump on Estelle
and we re runni ng side by side . After two full
laps, a de termi ne d Heye just could not get
ahead on the o ut side t o t ake t he lead an d
eve ntua lly had to tuck in behind Hollenbeck for
second, as Estelle co uld have made a move on
the inside. Harmo n was we ll out of conte ntion
on a bo rrowed bike after blow ing his e ngine
earlier in the meet.
Apart from the finalists, Dixon had easily his
bes t meeting at Paris and rode impressively,
while of the younger brigade getting a chance
to race at the Division On e level , Aaron De
Veau con firmed that he is ready for regular 0- 1
racing with a healt hy 13-point score.
RESULTS
O /A: I. Brian Ho llen beck (GM); 2 . Joe Heye (Jaw); l .
Cn. ig Este lle Qaw ); 4 . jerry Harma n (GM).
Western New York Motocross Association
Round 2 J: Frozen Ocean Motocross Park
Lucas Stars in MX Wars
By LARRY WOOSTER
AUBURN, NY, SEPT. S
A t the seco nd W NYMA Fall Series race, pre /""\sented by On eWe st Clo thi ng at Froz en
Ocean Motocross Park, longt ime National Pro
rider Bruce St ratt on an no unced that he wa s
"ret iring" fro m chasing the Nationals full-time,
and he was joined by his dad , Bruce Stratt on Sr.,
for some WNYMA rac ing action. St ratton jr.
rep re se nts the WNYMA and Palmyra Racing
Association at the highest level in a truly professional mann er, and it's hoped his influe nce on
t he local fast "kids" such as Pauly Carpenter,
Ryan Mills, Aaron Diet e r and countless others
he lps t o m a int a in an d im p ro ve m o tocro ss
sportsmanship for future generations.
Speaking of generations, "Generation XXI:' the O ver 40 class - had mo re t ha n a dozen
competitors signed up and ready to race this big.
loam y, histo ric piec e of gro und . Pro-A ct io n
Suspension of West er n New York ow ne r Bart
Lucas storme d to the holeshot but left the inside
gr oove o pen fo r Bob Rueh rw ein to challe nge
him. Craig Tucker, Stratton Sr., Skip Kopciowski
and Mike Shattu ck charged in behind the leaders
just as they pinned it wide open, aiming for tum
tw o. Lucas was loo king to close off the inside
line but st alled out, le tting seve ral ride rs by
before he could recover. Shattuck took the lead
ov er th e 10 ,OOO-ga lio n ta b letop, w ith
Kopciowsk i, Rue hr we in and Lucas fo llowi ng.
Kopciowski ch arged past Shattuck and Lucas
followed suit, chaJlenging the new leade r quickly
.
Stratton Sr. stalled out , setting off a great bar-tobar battle betw ee n Ruehrwein and Tim McNally
Sr. Kopeiowski may have had the lead, but the
wily Lucas had the advantage as he stalked his
famili r prey on very familiar terra firma. A real
a
back-and-forth battle we nt on for 10 minutes of
the 12-m inute mo to, unt il Lucas used a lapper
and his thrott le to rocket out front with one lap
to go. Lucas had saved his fastest lap time of the
moto fo r the final lap a nd was styling and
pr o filing en route to the che c ke re d flag .
Kopciowsk i le d Sha tt uck, Rueh rw e in and
McNally to top -five finishes. Tucker, Stra tton Sr.,
Dave Jackso n, Robert Prockup and Erv Bra un
snagged top -I us.
Th e big c rowd was chee ri ng as t hese
lege nds too k the gate drop for moto two, with
Ruehrwein ripping up the inside line and Lucas
outs ide. Tuc ker a nd Shattuc k we re t railing.
Lucas made the move inside to rocket over the
tabletop jump and into the lead. It wasn't long
be fo re t he hunte r became th e hunte d , as
Kopciowski, re co ve r ing Irom a po or st art.
quickly challenged Lucas for the lead. Stratton
Sr. bobbled and went down while cornering,
and Tucker drop ped it, too , allowing jackson,
McNally, Rue h rwe in an d others pa st .
Kopciowski dro pped from the rada r for a while,
but Jackson was flying high in se co nd place ,
holding off McNally and Ruehrwe in. Lucas ( I- I)
sea led the deal for first ove rall, over Shattuck
(3- 2), McN ally (5- 4), Rue hrw e in (4 -5) a nd
Kopeiowski (2-8).
The WNYMA re turns to Frozen Ocean on
O ctobe r 24 for the nex t-to -last race of 2004 .
Th ose in Ne w York who need a pla ce to
practice or ride , www.froze n- ocea n.comis
your hook up.
RESULTS
SO (4-6): I. Louis Saxby (Yam); 2. Dakota VYhea (Y
ton am);
J. Paul Even (Y
son am); 4. OJ GriffIths (Yam); 5. Dalton Phillips
(Suz). SOP/W (4-8 ), I . Colton Camp ( KTM); 2. [);Md Philh",
(KTM); l . Reece Eddy (KTM); ~ . D~'" ROOn"", (KTM); S.
Lou;, Saxby (y,",). SO (7.8), I. Angelo Komuda (KTM); 2.
Alex To wn (Co b); J . Kory Fogarty (KTM); 4 . Colton Camp
(KTM); 5. David Phillips (KTM). 65 : I. Chaz Clingerman
(KTM); 2. Sean Balla (!